1986 here. My young brain was steeped in the tacky awesomeness of the 80s, and the equal-parts radical and cynical 90s. I'm pretty happy with the result.
I should IRC you people some time. Especially considering I was doing IRC when some of you weren't even single-celled yet. 
Ah, the nostalgia for IRC in 1996. I'm right there with you, RedKing... unless you're going to trump me with IRC of '94-95.
Yes, actually. Spent many a morning on-staff manning the student computing labs (Mmmm....486 DX2/66's FTW) and passing the time on Undernet. And MU*s. BattleTech 3056 MUSE was a huge timesink as I recall.
Denizens of the old internet unite!
I didn't IRC much until the last 15 years or so, but I'm a big fan of the Demoscene, MOD music, and music trackers. Despite being the size of MIDIs, the files still sound pretty damned good. Something about clean waveforms and angular soundsamples creating really smooth music, and the efficiency of the files themselves makes me really happy. I like that I can easily pick out all the musical threads from it too... the same reason I love Bebop and Jazz. Sure, I've always loved instrumental music, but in most cases the threads get muddled into one big musical mass, until I've listened to them enough to be very familiar.
For those unfamiliar, experience an aspect of musical history you've probably never heard of:
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Example II |
Example C
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